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JAMES GARY HOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1949 – November 12, 1967
Service recordJames Gary Hood, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 37 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 37 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 83
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JERRY CONRAD KELLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DANIEL EDMUND KLOS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL EDMUND KLOS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 83
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.